Strategic Challenges

Ahead of Vali Nasr's June 17 discussion on the U.S. and China in the Middle East, what are the signs that China will step in to fill the void left by U.S. reluctance to engage further in the region?
Japan's Prime Minister foresees increased opportunities for collaboration.
Japan's Prime Minister foresees increased opportunities for collaboration.
Speech by His Excellency Hu Jintao, Vice President of the People's Republic of China.
Walden Bello argues that with the war on terror, the US is caught in a relentlessly expanding conflict from which there is no easy withdrawal.
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Remarks by Ambassador Nicholas Platt, President of the Asia Society.
Remarks by Ambassador Nicholas Platt, President of the Asia Society.
Barnett Rubin and Ashraf Ghani explore the difficulties the U.S. is likely to encounter in building a stable Afghanistan.
Rubin discusses the conditions under which the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and the long-term implications of the proxy war there.